Obesity
Middle Childhood
Causes of Obesity
- Children are more likely to be overweight if their parents are overweight
- Stress
- Heredity; only by "tendency" to gain weight
- Lack of knowledge about a healthy diet
- Consuming foods high in fat
- Cheap food
- Lack of exercise or being active
Consequences of Obesity
- Having less friends due to physical attractiveness
- Detrimental to children's health.
- Stereotypes; sluggish, ugly, sloppy, lethargic,
- Bullied
Children who are obese are less favored by children their age, which isolates the children's ability to socialize or interact like a normal child would.
If a child's weight keeps increasing throughout middle childhood into adolescence, severe disorders could being to appear and be noticed through the child's daily actions.
Disorders Include:
- Defiance
- Aggression
- Severe Depression
TV
Fast Food
Lack of Exercise
Treating Obesity
- Many children do not get a treatment for being overweight. The best way to lose the weight is to take weight reduction classes, live by a more healthier diet, and engage in lots of physical activity.
- The most operative involvements are family-based for the reason that they concentrate on changing the behaviors of both the parent and child.
- The children started to display a decrease in obesity faster than adults.
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Citations
Berk, Laura E. "Chapter 9." Development through the Lifespan. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2010. 289-325. Print.
Boero, N. (2009). Fat kids, working moms, and the 'epidemic of obesity': Race, class, and mother blame. In E. Rothblum, S. Solovay (Eds.) , The fat studies reader (pp. 113-119). New York, NY, US: New York University Press.